offline for a couple of weeks

hi all. offline for a couple of weeks. spotty internet access here in st. louis. we’re visiting my folks while hubby’s in germany.

so i’m leaving you with the following info on farmer’s markets in the st. louis area.

Market in the Loop in Delmar — our favorite farmer’s market — go visit the classic St. Louis Bread’s Company and Racanelli’s Pizza
Kirkwood Farmer’s Market — they have fresh corn right now from Wood Rivers Farm (Illinois); yesterday we got home-grown strawberries and plums (some of the produce is imported from elsewhere though). love this in the fall, especially, with all the pumpkins and caramel-covered apples etc. just found out yesterday that Cafe Manila (a Philippine eatery) has moved there from South St. Louis — try the kebabs (our Filipino barbecue)!
Soulard Farmer’s Market in downtown St. Louis — this is where you find everything! when our oldest daughter was little we went there for the free-range eggs, really fresh veggies and flowers and those little doughnuts (about 1 1/2 inches wide). even now that my parents live in the suburbs my papa still makes the occasional trek down there to buy things like oxtails and such. it’s also right by Budweiser so the air smells of malt — a really yummmmy smell, even though i’m not a beer fan myself.

then there’s a farm that i forget the name of — but they have fresh blueberries and a great playing area for the kids; my then-preschooler went there for their field trip and had a wonderful time. i’ll post again if i remember.

see y’all after labor day!